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COSMOS 476

DecayedPayloadLEO

COSMOS 476 is a Russia (CIS / former USSR) payload satellite, launched on March 1, 1972 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.

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Launch

Launch date
March 1, 1972 at 11:15 AM UTC
Launch site
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
Launched by
Vostok 8A92M
Operator
Soviet Space Program
Mission
Tselina-D 3

Orbit

Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
146 km
Periapsis
134 km
Inclination
81.14°
Orbital period
87.29 min

Spacecraft

Operator
Russia (CIS / former USSR)
Launch mass
3,766.11 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1972-011A
NORAD catalog №
5852
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
RussiaRussia (CIS / former USSR)
Radar cross-section
22.3059 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
October 25, 1991

End of mission

Last active / ended
October 25, 1991
Time in service
19.6 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed